diff --git a/dracut-kdump.sh b/dracut-kdump.sh
index b7deb1f..29ef4a4 100755
--- a/dracut-kdump.sh
+++ b/dracut-kdump.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dump_ssh()
 
     save_vmcore_dmesg_ssh ${DMESG_COLLECTOR} ${_dir} "${_opt}" $2
 
-    if [ "${CORE_COLLECTOR%% *}" = "scp" ]; then
+    if [ "${CORE_COLLECTOR%%[[:blank:]]*}" = "scp" ]; then
         scp -q $_opt /proc/vmcore "$2:$_dir/vmcore-incomplete" || return 1
         ssh $_opt $2 "mv $_dir/vmcore-incomplete $_dir/vmcore" || return 1
     else
diff --git a/dracut-module-setup.sh b/dracut-module-setup.sh
index 201fc8b..fd178b1 100755
--- a/dracut-module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut-module-setup.sh
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ kdump_install_conf() {
             dracut_install $config_val
             ;;
         core_collector)
-            dracut_install "${config_val%% *}"
+            dracut_install "${config_val%%[[:blank:]]*}"
             ;;
         esac
     done < /etc/kdump.conf